diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_cat.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_cat.go
index 8d31fa257..ec0535db0 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_cat.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_cat.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func runCat(gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 		Println(string(buf))
 		return nil
 	case "index":
-		buf, err := repo.LoadAndDecrypt(gopts.ctx, nil, restic.IndexFile, id)
+		buf, err := repo.LoadUnpacked(gopts.ctx, nil, restic.IndexFile, id)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/internal/repository/index_parallel.go b/internal/repository/index_parallel.go
index ffe03d427..545a05921 100644
--- a/internal/repository/index_parallel.go
+++ b/internal/repository/index_parallel.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func ForAllIndexes(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository,
 			var idx *Index
 			oldFormat := false
 
-			buf, err = repo.LoadAndDecrypt(ctx, buf[:0], restic.IndexFile, fi.ID)
+			buf, err = repo.LoadUnpacked(ctx, buf[:0], restic.IndexFile, fi.ID)
 			if err == nil {
 				idx, oldFormat, err = DecodeIndex(buf, fi.ID)
 			}
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
index 39953cd88..2bd03937e 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ func (r *Repository) PrefixLength(ctx context.Context, t restic.FileType) (int,
 	return restic.PrefixLength(ctx, r.be, t)
 }
 
-// LoadAndDecrypt loads and decrypts the file with the given type and ID, using
+// LoadUnpacked loads and decrypts the file with the given type and ID, using
 // the supplied buffer (which must be empty). If the buffer is nil, a new
 // buffer will be allocated and returned.
-func (r *Repository) LoadAndDecrypt(ctx context.Context, buf []byte, t restic.FileType, id restic.ID) ([]byte, error) {
+func (r *Repository) LoadUnpacked(ctx context.Context, buf []byte, t restic.FileType, id restic.ID) ([]byte, error) {
 	if len(buf) != 0 {
 		panic("buf is not empty")
 	}
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (r *Repository) LoadBlob(ctx context.Context, t restic.BlobType, id restic.
 // LoadJSONUnpacked decrypts the data and afterwards calls json.Unmarshal on
 // the item.
 func (r *Repository) LoadJSONUnpacked(ctx context.Context, t restic.FileType, id restic.ID, item interface{}) (err error) {
-	buf, err := r.LoadAndDecrypt(ctx, nil, t, id)
+	buf, err := r.LoadUnpacked(ctx, nil, t, id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository_test.go b/internal/repository/repository_test.go
index 167ffa535..7cc593e04 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository_test.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository_test.go
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func BenchmarkLoadBlob(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
-func BenchmarkLoadAndDecrypt(b *testing.B) {
+func BenchmarkLoadUnpacked(b *testing.B) {
 	repo, cleanup := repository.TestRepository(b)
 	defer cleanup()
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func BenchmarkLoadAndDecrypt(b *testing.B) {
 	b.SetBytes(int64(length))
 
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		data, err := repo.LoadAndDecrypt(context.TODO(), nil, restic.PackFile, storageID)
+		data, err := repo.LoadUnpacked(context.TODO(), nil, restic.PackFile, storageID)
 		rtest.OK(b, err)
 
 		// See comment in BenchmarkLoadBlob.
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func TestRepositoryLoadIndex(t *testing.T) {
 
 // loadIndex loads the index id from backend and returns it.
 func loadIndex(ctx context.Context, repo restic.Repository, id restic.ID) (*repository.Index, error) {
-	buf, err := repo.LoadAndDecrypt(ctx, nil, restic.IndexFile, id)
+	buf, err := repo.LoadUnpacked(ctx, nil, restic.IndexFile, id)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/restic/repository.go b/internal/restic/repository.go
index c2a6e9f74..5e132157c 100644
--- a/internal/restic/repository.go
+++ b/internal/restic/repository.go
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ type Repository interface {
 	SaveJSONUnpacked(context.Context, FileType, interface{}) (ID, error)
 
 	LoadJSONUnpacked(ctx context.Context, t FileType, id ID, dest interface{}) error
-	// LoadAndDecrypt loads and decrypts the file with the given type and ID,
+	// LoadUnpacked loads and decrypts the file with the given type and ID,
 	// using the supplied buffer (which must be empty). If the buffer is nil, a
 	// new buffer will be allocated and returned.
-	LoadAndDecrypt(ctx context.Context, buf []byte, t FileType, id ID) (data []byte, err error)
+	LoadUnpacked(ctx context.Context, buf []byte, t FileType, id ID) (data []byte, err error)
 
 	LoadBlob(context.Context, BlobType, ID, []byte) ([]byte, error)
 	SaveBlob(context.Context, BlobType, []byte, ID, bool) (ID, bool, error)